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Pa’ashi in April 2023. Credit: Vivian Underhill The San Joaquin Valley of California, despite supplying a significant percentage of the country's food, is nevertheless a dry, arid place. Fresno, at the heart of the valley, receives just over 10 inches of rain a year on average, according to the National Weather Service, and sometimes as little as 3. …

Despite a strong showing from Apple towards the end of the year, and some severe sanctions imposed by the US and other tech manufacturing countries, Huawei is once again China's top smartphone selling brand. Strong brand loyalty among Chinese consumers has been key for Huawei…

A study on temperature variations in 12 caves worldwide indicates that climate change could endanger key freshwater reserves and the ecosystems within. The research, highlighting the correlation between surface and cave temperatures, raises concerns about the stability of these vital subterranean environments.A global study examining temperature changes in 12 caves across the world indicates that a significant portion of the Earth’s readily available freshwater supplies may be endangered by climate change.Caves allow…

Satellite image of the Kufrah district captured on May 26, 2022, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite.The remote and arid Kufrah district in Libya lies on top of one of the largest irrigation projects in the world.The remote Kufrah district in southern Libya sits at the heart of the Sahara Desert. Filled with sand dunes and rugged plateaus, much of the district is extremely arid. But it wasn’t always so dry. Buried beneath the shifting sand dunes is a vast fossil aquifer and…

An artist’s rendition of Titan’s landscape features a hazy atmosphere, dark dunes, and mirror-smooth lakes and seas that resemble Earth’s. On these bodies of liquid hydrocarbons, new research suggests that the appearance of “magic islands” may be caused by floating organic solids. Credit: NASA/JPL Saturn’s largest moon rains and snows ethane, methane, and fancier organic compounds. On the ground, accumulated chunks may calve like glaciers at the edges of the moon’s methane lakes, forming ephemeral, floating “magic…

Photo: "DONG HAI OFFSHORE WINDFARM" by TheClimateGroup is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest EV battery maker, is going to build its own $1.83 billion offshore wind farm. The Chinese EV battery and battery storage giant’s offshore wind farm, which will be sited near the company’s headquarters in Ningde in southeastern Fujian Province, will provide clean energy to power its own operations, reports Caixin. The Fujian Provincial…

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - JANUARY 17, 2024 - A large number of cars are ready to be shipped for export at the port of Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, January 17, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China failed to replace Japan as the world's largest exporter of cars in 2023, despite coming close to doing so, data released this month showed.Japanese customs data showed the country exported 5.97 million vehicles last year,…

What’s white, weighs roughly one trillion metric tons, and is now heading away from the Antarctic Peninsula? If you guessed iceberg A23a, you’re absolutely right, as this colossal chunk of snow and ice is finally leaving the cradle.Alex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie Iceberg A23a managed to dislodge itself from the ocean floor in November 2023, but its story actually began 37 years earlier. West Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Sheet birthed the behemoth in 1986, but shortly after its emergence, iceberg A23a…

Photo: NextEra Energy Republicans have vowed to tear apart the Inflation Reduction Act, but the chief executive of NextEra Energy, the US’s largest renewable developer, says that’s “unlikely” if they win the election. The US’s largest renewable developer on the IRA The Biden administration’s landmark climate change law, the Inflation Reduction Act, has created a US clean energy manufacturing boom, thanks to the generous tax credits and other incentives. The Republican Party says…

Photo: Mortensen The US’s largest solar + battery storage project, Edwards & Sanborn, has come online in Kern County, California. Edwards & Sanborn, which sits on 4,660 acres in the Mojave desert, was developed and is owned and operated by Terra-Gen. It comprises 875 megawatts (MW) of solar and 3,320 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy storage.  The project sits on both private land and land belonging to Edwards Air Force Base. The project’s contractor, Mortensen, says it’s the…